Harleysville Insurance Commits $100000 to North Penn United Way to Inspire ...
)--Harleysville Insurance has offered an additional $100,000 to the North Penn United Way’s 2011-2012 community campaign in the form of a “Step-Up Challenge Match.” This special program allows current and new donors to gradually “step-up” their giving level to the local United Way. The challenge provides community leaders with the opportunity to transition to the next Leadership or Tocqueville Society level over a three-year period, and provides donors with full membership benefits beginning in the first year of participation.“Leadership Circle and Tocqueville Society members are philanthropic leaders within our community. They are important donors, advocates and volunteers,” explained Michael L. Browne, Harleysville’s president and chief executive officer, who also is serving as the chairman of the North Penn United Way’s 2011-2012 community campaign. “The nearly 300 Leadership Circle and Tocqueville Society members represent the largest donor group for the United Way, and serve as the foundation for the future growth and success of this important organization in the North Penn and Indian Valley areas.”
“Harleysville Insurance’s decision to offer this challenge grant is yet another example of the many ways the company seeks out and supports the needs of our community,” noted Sarah Whetstone, executive director of the North Penn United Way. “This first-ever ‘Step-Up Challenge Match’ has been offered to our organization at the very time we are working to grow our revenue to support our new community impact direction. It will allow us to have more money to invest in quality programs and partnerships that will make a true difference in the North Penn and Indian Valley communities. And what’s even more significant about the grant is that the $100,000 gift is in addition to the generous employee giving and company matching contribution the ‘Good people to know’ at Harleysville will contribute as part of their annual company campaign, which currently is the largest employee campaign within the bounds of the North Penn and Indian Valley communities.
Pennsylvania Health Care Provider Insurance Exchange - News
Diederich Healthcare has expanded its coverage area to include physicians practicing in New Jersey. The expansion offers additional coverage options to physicians in the state through Positive Physicians Insurance Exchange (PPIX), a fully admitted New
A local group sponsored what was billed as an educational debate regarding the creation of a health insurance exchange in Pennsylvania Wednesday night. Sponsored by a group calling themselves “The Lehigh Valley COALITION for Health Care Reform,” the
The former Pennsylvania senator also detailed the deficiencies he sees in his rivals' health insurance records. One of the feistiest exchanges came in response to a young child's question on the cost of medical care in America. Urged on by his mother,
State Insurance Commissioner Michael F. Consedine last week announced that the Insurance Department filed its application for about $33 million to complete planning and begin development and design of a health insurance exchange.
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By Ron Wince
New healthcare regulation such as the passage of the health insurance exchange, the looming effect of the healthcare reform bill, and the sky rocketing costs of healthcare are among just some of the endless issues that Pennsylvania hospitals are up against.
Pennsylvania’s healthcare providers are facing the same tidal wave of pressures found in other states – a confluence of new policies, oversight, cost and quality requirements – that is about to get even more complex. The impending changes in reimbursement, regulation, and closer scrutiny of patient outcomes are just the tip of the iceberg.
Healthcare systems are increasingly coping with continually soaring costs (which have often led to staff layoffs when hospitals find no other way to meet budgets), shortages of supplies, increased waiting time and changing relationships between providers and payers. It’s clear that the pressures to control costs, manage effectively and improve patient outcomes are only going to get more prevalent.
Talk to the CEO of any hospital system and odds are that he or she will be able to cite pockets of success in their organization. But ask about the overall impact on the patients and the bottom line, and most would admit falling short.
And that is the problem in a nutshell: Healthcare system improvement is being attacked in isolated pockets instead of looking at the whole. The CFO focuses on cost. The CMO looks at quality of care. The CIO is sure that IT will be the solution to most of the problems. The CEO is thinking about whether to join a new provider network or negotiate partnerships with other providers or payers.
Department heads innately focus on ensuring that their people are working most effectively and efficiently…often at the expense of other treatment units. A radiology department’s streamlined procedures may throw a monkey wrench into cardiology’s processing records and patient waiting times. No wonder there is often negative synergy created, where improvements is one area cause worse performance in another.